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James Foster
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James Savin Foster

Born: 15 April 1980, Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, Essex
Major Teams: Essex, Durham UCCE, England.
Known As: James Foster
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Other: Wicket-Keeper


Test Debut: England v India at Mohali, 1st Test, 2001/02
Latest Test:
England v New Zealand at Auckland, 3rd Test, 2001/02

ODI Debut:
England v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1st ODI, 2001/02
Latest ODI:
England v New Zealand at Christchurch, 1st ODI, 2001/02

NBC Denis Compton Award 2001

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 30/03/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    6   10   3   201   48   28.71  35.57   0   0   14   1

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 13/02/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   11    6   3    41   13   13.66  57.74   0   0   13   7

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (2000 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   36   53   7  1236  103   26.86   1   6   78  11

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               2      0     6    0    -     -      0   0    -   3.00

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (2000 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   37   30  11   387   56*  20.36   0   1   48  11

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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James Foster was one of the players who benefited from England's policy of finding new faces who could be prepared for the 2003 World Cup. He had appeared in only four first-class matches for his county, Essex, before he was selected as a wicket-keeper/batsman for the England A tour to the West Indies in 2000-2001 at the age of 20.

Foster was originally selected as the understudy to Chris Read, who had already played Test cricket, but by the end of the tour it was not clear who was the number one. A successful season with Essex promised, once he had finished his studies at Durham University where he followed Nasser Hussain from the same school, Forest.

When Alec Stewart announced that he did not wish to be considered for the winter tour to India, Foster stepped up and, as well as being selected (along with Warren Hegg) for the Test tours to India and New Zealand, he went as the only recognised wicket-keeper on the one-day international tour to Zimbabwe earlier in the winter.

Foster made his one-day international debut in Harare. In the third match of the series, he had an altercation with his experienced counterpart, Andy Flower. The Zimbabwean was on 99 when Foster believed he had taken a catch. The umpire turned down the appeal and there was an unfortunate confrontation between batsman and wicket-keeper for which they were both reprimanded. So too was Hussain, the England captain later going on record as saying: "I want to see people with a lot of heart and character because that's what gets you through in the end. You can be as nice as you want, play the game the right way and all that but you want people with character in your side. I'll speak to James and we'll see what happens, but I'd rather have someone with a bit of character that you're trying to draw in every now and then than the other way around when you're trying to draw people out of their shells."

With those words of encouragement behind him, Foster set out to India and New Zealand as the man in possession. He held that place throughout the Indian tour, although critics would say that he held little else. That would be harsh, for although he made mistakes, the heart and character about which his captain had spoken pulled him through to follow mistakes with a smart piece of keeping or a gritty innings.

However, he did lose his place in the one-day series in New Zealand when the selectors preferred a makeshift wicket-keeper in the shape of Marcus Trescothick to accommodate another batsman. Nevertheless, despite an impressive performance by the other wicket-keeper on tour, Warren Hegg, in a warm-up match, Foster was back in the side for the Tests. He continued to make mistakes, but again redeemed himself with the bat so that by the end of the winter he was averaging nearly 30 with the bat and had claimed 15 victims in his six Tests. However, in 11 one-day internationals, despite 20 victims, he could only muster a batting average of 13.66 and his future in the shorter form of the game appeared in some doubt.

His Test place went as well when he fractured his arm in the nets at the start of the domestic season. No sooner had that mended when he suffered another break during the early stages of his comeback. By that time, Alec Stewart had re-established himself in the international teams and Foster had to be content on being included in the Ashes tour party as the reserve wicket-keeper.

An all-round sportsman as well as an all-round cricketer, Foster played hockey for Essex U21s and represented Great Britain at U14 level at tennis. (Copyright CricInfo October 2002)

* Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 12:48:01 GMT


 
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